JT's Replay: Wrestling Challenge 12/2/88

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Wrestling Challenge 12/2/88

- Greg Van Dusen, Director of the Arco Arena welcomes us to this brand new facility, which houses this week's show...Gorilla & Bobby set the show up for us

- Rockers squash again this week...interesting that they have the same guys on in back to back weeks...Jobber Dream Team Steve Lombardi & Barry Horowitz are the opposition...Rockers win an extended squash match

- Lord Alfred with the Special Report...talks about Jack Tunney's appearance on the Brother Love Show last week on Superstars...Bad News Brown showed up and accused Tunney of being in Randy Savage's back pocket to help fund his lifestyle...he then accuses Elizabeth of doing favors for Tunney...Tunney screams back, but Brown grabs him by his neck and forces him to the ground and yells at him...damn, this is a crazy angle that I had completely forgotten about...follow up promo from Tunney, who fines Brown $20K and wants to suspend Brown for life, but Savage protested that Brown remain active so he could take revenge

- Koko B. Ware squash against Iron Mike Sharpe...breaking out all the big jobbers this week...still using Piledriver as his theme...Koko gets the win with the Ghostbuster

- Gene backstage with the soon to be debuting Bushwhackers...wacky segment introducing them

- Ron Bass squash against a very young Louis Spiccoli...easy win

- Red Rooster squash for the second straight week...Bobby at ringside with him...facing Sam Houston...good cocky Rooster inset promo...Rooster gets the win

- Event Center promos with Young Stallions and Greg Valentine

- We take a trip back to SNME to watch the Ultimate Warrior's first IC Title defense against Super Ninja...Vince & Jesse on commentary...Warrior wins, natch

- First ad for the Royal Rumble...simple v/o by Sean Mooney

- Gene is on the podium and he brings out Andre and Bobby...clips of Andre's snake troubles over the past weeks...Andre calls out Jake...Bobby says he won't be held responsible for what Andre does to Jake

- Now we get footage of the end of the Demolition/POP team match from Survivor Series...they tack on a POP/Fuji promo

- Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig squash...Gorilla touts his Perfect record...will be interesting to see when they drop the Curt Hennig from his name...Hennig wins with the Perfect-Plex

- Event Center promos with Bravo & Frenchy and Beefcake

- Gorilla runs down next week's show and we are out

Review Date: August 2011

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